Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

‘We’re terrified at what we’re seeing’: #FoodBanks tell of soaring demand | Food banks | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/06/food-bank-donor-to-to-user-soaring-demand-for-aid

#UK #Inequality #Poverty

"If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report."

Sounds great! 🙏🎉🙏🎉

https://www.cityam.com/mark-zuckerberg-and-team-consider-shutting-down-facebook-and-instagram-in-europe-if-meta-can-not-process-europeans-data-on-us-servers/

#Winter #sunsets are often pale and literally lacking warmth but also figuratively so with subdued hues of #yellow. Here, there is also a darker #cloud in the foreground which partially masks the brighter clouds behind.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000

Ever since i had my spinal injury my doctor suggested i install a bar in my shower. Not sure how doing shots of liquor in the shower is going to help but in willing to give it a go.

The #brakes on my #bike had begun to feel worn a few days ago and I really didn’t feel safe travelling downhill if there was a junction up ahead. So of course I bought a new set of brakes and fitted them today. What a difference! I have full confidence again. Being my first #DIY brake fitting, I found it a bit fiddly with all the washers which had to go in the right order and then to align each pad to the wheel rim correctly.

#Bicycle #Cycle #Biking #Cycling #BikeSafety

I feel like I dont have nearly enough polar bear cuddles in my life.

To (almost) quote Terry Pratchett:

All animals can be cuddled, some animals can only be cuddled once.

#DiscWorld #TerryPratchett #Bears #PolarBears #animals #nature

#Native #Peruvians threaded corpses’ spines on to sticks, study suggests | #Archaeology | The Guardian

Chincha people put their dead back together after colonisers disturbed graves when looting silver and gold, research says

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/02/native-peruvians-threaded-corpses-spines-on-to-sticks-study-suggests

#Colonialism

UK Government overspent by £8bn on PPE in England, comparison with Wales reveals. https://nation.cymru/news/uk-government-overspent-by-8bn-on-ppe-in-england-comparison-with-wales-reveals/

Environmental campaigner George Monbiot sells home in Wales to local family https://nation.cymru/news/environmental-campaigner-george-monbiot-sells-home-in-wales-to-local-family/

So, please say hello to our latest grandson baby no name (yet)
A third child for Alex and Caroline, who has the best date of birth ever!? 02.02.2022! 🥳

“We were told #Brexit meant ‘taking back control’, the Prime Minister’s new ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ is aimed at reducing Parliamentary oversight. It means less democracy, less freedoms, & less control." - @jimkillock on Govt's proposed #BrexitFreedomsBill
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/the-prime-ministers-new-brexit-freedoms-bill-less-sovereignty-less-freedoms-and-less-control

Department of Health writes off £9bn spent in #UK Covid-19 #PPE drive | #Health policy | The Guardian

The party of l"ow spending and low taxation" throws around public money like confetti.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/01/department-of-health-writes-off-9bn-spent-in-uk-covid-ppe-drive

#UK #Politics #NHS #Tories

#PPE worth £2.7bn bought for #NHS will go unused, minister says | NHS | The Guardian

Money well spent by the #Tories, As usual.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/30/ppe-bought-for-nhs-waste-minister

#UK #Politics #Health